Find out the correct usage of hyphens, em dashes, and en dashes with this clear explanation. A short quiz checks your understanding.

This page provides links to punctuation reference materials for apostrophes, colons, dashes, commas, parentheses, italics, quotation marks, and semicolons.

This lesson provides a brief overview of semicolons, colons, parentheses, dashes, quotation marks, italics, and underlining.

A video lesson explaining the form and function of an Em dash followed by a PowerPoint providing several examples of Em dash usage. [2:48]

Dashes indicate interruptions, set off asides, and show interruptions in speech. Learn the different functions of dashes in this exercise.

Learn the uses of--and differences between--dashes and hyphens.

This entry explains the uses for the dash and provides examples.

A video lesson introducing the En dash and explaining its usage. [1:49]

A set of two cartoon videos. The first [5:08] explains colons and how they can be used properly in sentences. The second [3:42] introducing dashes, their usage, and how they can be used to create tone.

This lesson plan focuses on the roles of all of the punctuation marks; it provides a video, small practices in various sections, and a punctuation self-check.

This site provides the punctuation rules.

Punctuation indicates how one should read any sentence. Commas, for example, indicate when a reader should take a brief pause, either for emphasis or for comprehension. [0:40]

This lesson focuses on colons and dashes: it includes why and how to use them and practice using them. It offers a slide show and a YouTube video covering colons and a slide show and a YouTube video covering dashes, including how dashes...

This site contains practical and useful information about the following: commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, parentheses and brackets, ellipsis points, quotation marks, and apostrophes. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2

Lists, defines and describes the uses of many elements of English punctuation, including the period, comma, semicolon, colon, apostrophe, quotation, hyphen, and dash. Includes several examples.

A list of the major elements of punctuation in the English language, including the period, question mark, exclamation mark, comma, apostrophe, quotation marks, colon, semicolon, dash, and hyphen. Provides a brief description and the...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explanations and examples that demonstrate how to identify and correctly use commas with coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and introductory...

This website provides information about how to use separation punctuation. There is a video clip [0:47] on why periods go inside quotation marks, and a second video clip [1:07] showing the effects of using too many exclamation points.

This lesson introduces hyphens and dashes.

This lesson introduces hyphens and dashes. [3:45]

This lesson introduces hyphens and dashes. It explains the hyphen, en dash, em dash, and dash and the uses of each. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Dashes and Hyphens." L.11-12.2a Hyphens

Rules and examples of the proper usage of dashes and parentheses.

A tutorial about the en-dash and how to use it properly. Audio [1:30] and a three-question quiz are available.

A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the "dash" in English punctuation.